評論
打印
Woman: Hey Dan. How did the appraisal go?
嘿，丹，評估進(jìn)展如何？
Man: Oh, it was pretty good thanks.
哦，非常好，謝謝。
Carol - she's my line manager - seemed to know me better than I knew myself,
卡羅——她是我的直屬經(jīng)理——她似乎比我更了解我自己，
and she really helped me to identify strengths and weaknesses I didn't know I had.
她幫助我發(fā)現(xiàn)了自己都不知道的優(yōu)缺點。
I 'd thought we were just going to talk about practical things, like what my prospects are for promotion,rather than my psychology!
我還以為我們要談一些實際問題，比如升職的前景，不會談心理！
Woman: Do you want a promotion?
你想升職嗎？
I thought you 'd chosen to go down a grade when you took this job.
我原以為你做這份工作是降一級。
Man: That's right.
對的
I used to manage a sales team.
我曾經(jīng)管理過一個銷售團隊。
It meant working long hours, and it could be pretty difficult at times, though on the whole I enjoyed the challenge.
盡管總體來說我很享受這個挑戰(zhàn)，但時間一長就會面臨困境，
But it kept me at a distance from customers and I wanted to go back to that.
它讓我與顧客保持了一定的距離，我想拉回與顧客的距離。
So here I am, a sales rep again.
所以我又成為銷售代表了。
I 'd be interested in promotion if it did not stop me doing the fun parts of the job.
晉升只有在不妨礙工作樂趣的請況下，我才會對它感興趣。
Woman: How have people reacted to your taking a step down?
人們對你任職銷售代表有何反應(yīng)?
Man: Most of the people in my last company found it strange, but in fact a couple of them thought about changing to this company too,
我上一家公司的大多數(shù)同事都覺得很奇怪，但事實上，他們中的一些人也想過換一家公司，
though it didn't come to anything.
盡管也沒有換成。
There seems to be a rumour going around that I 'll be looking for something better soon,but actually I 'm pretty happy here.
似乎有傳言說我很快就會找到更好的工作，但實際上我在這里很開心。
